Effective January 1, 2015, a Street Cut Permit Fee is in effect in accordance with the amended Street Cut Ordinance No. 2006-595. The online Street Cut Permit System has been updated in accordance with the new Ordinance. If you are utilizing a steel plate as a temporary surface, you are required to obtain a Steel Plate Permit. Upon submitting your Street Cut Permit application, you will be automatically diverted to the steel plate application.

Schedule of Permit Application Fees*

Permit Application Fee:

Excavation by Tunneling, Jacking and Boring only
(Pavement on the City’s ROW is not disturbed)

$137.60

All other Methods of Excavations
(Pavement on the City’s ROW is cut or altered)

$192.65

* Administrative Fee

$27.51

Street Cut Permit Extension

$27.51

Steel Plate Temporary Surface

$55.04

Data Entry Fee:Data Entry of Application by the City Personnel

$55.04

* ALL FEES/CHARGES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE

* On December 15, 2010 City Council passed Ordinance Number 2010-1016 which amended the City of Houston Code of Ordinances by adding “Sec. 1-14 Administrative Fee”. Section 1-14 requires an administrative fee of $26.75 to be collected at the time of application for any license, permit or service for which the fee is greater than $50.00. This includes all renewals regardless of whether or not an application is filed.